Lindsey Davis
Poseidon's Gold
Book #5 of the Falco series
See the list of Falco books in order

Poseidon’s Gold

A MURDERED LEGIONARY – AND THERE IS ONE PRIME SUSPECT

AD 72: Marcus Didius Falco returns home from a six-month mission to the German legions. But trouble is in store for him: his apartment has been wrecked by squatters and an ex-legionary friend of his colourfully heroic brother Festus is demanding money, allegedly owed him as the result of one of Festus’s wild schemes. Worse still, the only client Falco can get is his mother – who wants him to clear the family name.

Then just as Falco thinks things can only get better, fate takes a turn for the worse. . . The legionary is found viciously stabbed to death with Falco the prime suspect.

Now he has only three days to prove he is not a murderer, to trace the real suspect, amass evidence and win a fortune. . .

***************************************************************************************
‘Several cheers for Lindsey Davis. . . Great fun’ The Times
‘Fast-moving, funny and full of atmosphere’ Mail on Sunday
‘Highly readable, funny and colourful’ TLS
‘An intriguing Roman mystery, with quite a few twists and turns’ ***** Reader review
‘Another excellent Falco book that is difficult to put down’ ***** Reader review
‘Well written, humorous, interesting and a good read’ ***** Reader review
‘Brilliant. Very funny too!’ ***** Reader review

Fans of S. J. Parris, Donna Leon, Steven Saylor and C. J. Sansom will love this captivating, colourful and unputdownable historical mystery from multi-million copy bestselling author Lindsey Davis.

Guaranteed to have you turning the pages, this will easily transport you back in time to Ancient Rome…

Author: Lindsey Davis
Published: 1993
Page Count: 352

This page may include affiliate links.

Recommend

Purchase on:

Amazon

Highly Recommended Books by Lindsey Davis Book Club Friends

The Secrets of the Bastide Blanche
Bertie and the Seven Bodies
The Disappeared
One Perfect Couple
Messenger of Truth
Silent Prey
Murder in the Dark
The Inheritance
Perfect People
Bad Blood
Tea Time for the Traditionally Built
The Thirteenth Rose
The Blessing Way
In Dark Company: A Kate Burkholder Short Story
Dead Watch
Left for Dead
A World of Curiosities
Murder and Mendelssohn
Playing for the Ashes
Rules of Prey
Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion Killer
The Great Hippopotamus Hotel
The Last Temptation
The Mercedes Coffin
The Shadow Killer
How the Light Gets In
Moriarty
Death of a Master Chef: A Brittany Mystery
The Silent Girl
Queen of the Night
The Blood of an Englishman
The Last Passenger
The Rising Tide
Flesh and Blood
Death of a Cad
Death with a Double Edge
Chinese Whispers
Traitors Gate
Mind Prey
Less Than a Treason
The Kate Shugak Investigations: Books 1-9
Mary's Christmas
Lost Prophecies
Play with Fire
Doctored Evidence
Maisie Dobbs
Dry Bones: A Longmire Mystery
Evan Blessed
A Palm for Mrs. Pollifax
The Black Widow
Dance Hall of the Dead
Crime Scene: A Novel
The Case Has Altered: A Richard Jury Mystery
K is for Killer
The Other Side of the Door
Dead Water
Listen to Me
A Sunless Sea: A William Monk Novel
The House at Riverton
Hush Now
Bone Box: A Decker/Lazarus Novel
Dead Right
A Matter of Justice
Cold Wind
The Retribution
Borrower of the Night: A Vicky Bliss Novel of Suspense
Killing Raven
In the Company of Sherlock Holmes
With Child
The Gate Keeper
Resurrection Row
The Beat Goes On: The Complete Rebus Stories
The Dark on the Other Side
No Mark Upon Her
A Necessary End
Now May You Weep
True Detectives
Creole Belle
Death by Water
Gone Before Christmas: A Charles Lenox Mystery
Mindgame
Righteous Prey
Master and God
Leaving Time
Kiss of the Bees
Diamond Dust
Paper Money
Diamond and the Eye
The Snake
Desolation Mountain
Better to Rest
The Levee
Earthly Delights
Pieces of Her: A Novel
A Sudden
Fire and Ice
Many Rivers to Cross
Dark Sky
A Christmas Promise: A Novel
The Summons
Depth Perception
Skeleton Canyon
To the Nines
The Dark Angel
Sulfur Springs
Death Without Company: A Longmire Mystery
Fallout: A V.I. Warshawski Novel
The Dark Horse: A Longmire Mystery
The Perfect Victim
Hide and Seek
A Refiner’s Fire
The Wrong Side of Goodbye
One Virgin Too Many
No Honor Among Thieves: An Ali Reynolds Novella
Cruel Intent
Hidden Prey
Code to Zero
Dull Knife
Out of Range
Death of a Poison Pen
All That Remains
Fearless Fourteen
Grievous Sin
The Vanishing Man
Killer Market
Den of Iniquity
Evidence: An Alex Delaware Novel
A Burial at Sea
Death of a Macho Man
Witch Hunt
Death in Holy Orders
The Resistance Man
Below Zero
In Plain Sight: A Kate Burkholder Short Mystery
In a Dry Season
Heartstone
Black Cherry Blues
No Fixed Line
Ordinary Grace
A Truth to Lie For
Lightning Strike
Prepared for Rage
Death on the Edge: A V.I. Warshawski Short Story
The Marriage of Mary Russell
Paragon Walk
Venus in Copper
The Recovery Agent
The Edge of Dreams
The Three Monarchs: A Sherlock Holmes Short Story
The Lake House: A Novel
The Tightrope Walker: A Novel
The Vanishing Box
Evan's Gate
The American Agent
The Missing Corpse: A Brittany Mystery
A Christmas Legacy: A Novel
The Falcon at the Portal
All Mortal Flesh
Death of a Travelling Man
Burn Marks: A V. I. Warshawski Novel
Fortune and Glory
Doors Open
A Forgotten Place
Death of a Gossip
The September Society
To the Land of Long Lost Friends
Devil's Claw
Lost Birds: A Leaphorn
The Mill on the Shore
Strip Jack
Listening Woman
The Art of Detection
Any Other Name: A Longmire Mystery
The Murder Room
Quietly in Their Sleep
Smokin' Seventeen
Agatha Raisin and The Case of the Curious Curate
Not Dead Yet
C Is for Corpse
Two Bagger
Fatal Voyage
Point of Origin
The Collector
A Bird in the Hand
Lockdown
Busy Body
Motive: An Alex Delaware Novel
Death in Focus
A Day in the Death of Dorothea Cassidy
Hardball: A V.I. Warshawski Novel
Fine and Bitter Snow
D is for Deadbeat
Troubled Blood
Storm Prey
Suffer the Little Children
The Confessor
Look Alive Twenty-Five
The English Spy
The Graveyard of the Hesperides
Bones of the Lost
In the Moon of Red Ponies
The Brutal Telling
Open Season
Callander Square
Bloodstream
Electra
A Lesson in Dying
The Running Grave
The Unlikely Spy
The Scroll
Prince of Fire
High Five
A Colder Kind of Death
A Christmas Beginning
Someone in the House
Top Secret Twenty-One
Bury Your Dead
Mad Honey
The Jealous Kind
Lightning Strikes the Silence
The Red Room
Flashback
The Winds of Change
A Dying Fall
A Cold Heart: An Alex Delaware Novel
A Comedy of Terrors
Blue Heaven
The Hidden One
Killing with Confetti
Black Rainbow
Taking the Fifth
Lean Mean Thirteen
Homecoming: A Historical Mystery
The Hangman
The False Inspector Dew
Winter's Child
Headhunters
A Deeper Sleep
The Jealousy Man and Other Stories
At Some Disputed Barricade
Christmas Crumble: An Agatha Raisin Short Story
The Rose Arbor
Blood Memory
We Solve Murders
Injustice for All
Trophy Hunt
The Crossing
The Curious Case of the Copper Corpse: A Flavia de Luce Story
Gone Girl
Guardian of the Horizon
Watchers of Time
A Column of Fire
Agatha Raisin: The Complete BBC Radio Drama Collection
The Reaper
U is for Undertow
Fallen
A Simple Murder: A Kate Burkholder Short Story Collection
A Private Cathedral
Our Lady of Pain: An Edwardian Murder Mystery
The Sisters of Glass Ferry
The Château Murder
Not Safe After Dark: And Other Stories
The Dead Ringer: An Agatha Raisin Mystery
V is for Vengeance
Miss Pym Disposes
Bootlegger's Daughter
Guilt: An Alex Delaware Novel
Dead If You Don't
A Taste of Life
Death at the Sign of the Rook
Wayfaring Stranger
Eye of the Needle
A Cry in the Night
Wicked Charms
Trickster's Point
Disappeared: A Kate Burkholder Short Mystery
Catch Me When I Fall
Chasing the Dime
Winter in Madrid: A Novel
Messenger: A Walt Longmire Story
Twisted: A Novel
Hour of the Hunter
Restless in the Grave
Talking God
Southern Discomfort
Off the Grid
Rebels and Traitors
This Is Why We Lied: A Will Trent Thriller
The Quiet Side of Passion
The Distant Hours
Unusual Suspects: Stories of Mystery and Fantasy
The Cliff's Edge
A Christmas Message: A Novel
The Bone Collection: Four Novellas
A Letter of Mary
What to Do When Someone Dies
False Prophet: A Decker/Lazarus Novel
Stitches in Time
Dixie City Jam